A few of you mentioned that this might be better in its onw section and I beleive they were right so here it is There are alot of movie and dvd comanies that deal with the obsure and hard to find uncut version of a film.Since most of us here at the forum basically want the most uncut version and best quality we can find, I prepared a little list here and a sort of synopsis of each area.Possibly this could be sticky'd?It's up to Spud on that one but I think it is a very good start for everyone who is a movie collector and of course our rippers here at HHAH.

Now onto Midnight.....I Honestly beleive they do try and search for the best quality or most footage they can find..More than an anchor bay release who shamlessly releases stuff under an uncut banner when it's not even close. On the flipside...Midnights production is at best rather shoddy...there are only a few films that are actually a genually good copy of the film.Now this isn't a rank on them since like I said they try and get the best print available and sometimes it isn't a great print in itself.But I will give an example here....Fury of the wolfman was released by midnight...under an uncut tag....a few months later they come out with Wolfman never Sleeps which is now a TRUE uncut of the film.The whole thing can get rather aggravating on the buyers end to be sure.I will give midnight credit here though...they put out a much more superior product compared to LFW(Luminous Film Wurks) which to me is just a blatant ripoff from VSOM(Video Search of Miami) who alot of people rank on saying THEIR product is inferior.Well,VSOM has been around for a long long time and I have had dealings with all 3 of these companies at one time or another so in the short..I would give midnight credit since at least for the most part they do point out the cuts in the films from the major production companies where as Luminous will just bend you right over and at times not even send your product to you.VSOM has so many films that it would take at least 8 hours to go through everything they got but at this point they at least will put what they have on vhs on a dvd-r for you if you request it.Another thing I have noticed about Luminous is that they are now in league with X-Rated video(a german based company) to maybe up their sales?X rated has good product and usually sticks a buttload of extras on their dvd's.But yet again the source video sometimes is not the best but better than a straight out luminous release where they just cap the vid and stick it on dvd-r...I could do a better job from my own home at transfering then they could with all their supposed professional equipment.(You'll see what I mean in the weeks to come on a few future STR releases )
So the way it boils down at least for me is this:

. Midnight Video(but make sure you carefully check the specs)One positive thing I can say about these guys is that if you order from them you get it within 2 or 3 days

. Video Search of Miami(These guys actually will grade the quality of the release..if it is crappy they let you know...no suprises from these guys which is a welcome change from the others)They are also very well established and are one of the first to do this kind of work.

. European Trash Cinema (Loads of good stuff here...A complete D'amato collection and a very good description of what the movies are about..takes a little longer than midnight but taking into consideration the products they offer it is well worth a look.)

Xploited Cinema (What can be said here?A whole section of Exploitation vids ..they are alot like Luminous but far less shadey in their actual sending of your film..they also offer the X-Rated Production from germany)

Digital Conquest (Not a whole lot to offer from here but what they do offer is extremely good.)

Horror Movies.com (Can we say Cheap?Yes very cheap..as low as 3 bucks a dvd from these guys..I have ordered from them and got my movie within the week...Just make sure you look carefully first and research your product before you buy[i.e. Mountain of the Cannibal God] to make sure you get your full uncut)

Best buy ( I have been truely suprised as to what I have been able to find with these guys...very reasonable priced dvd's)

Yahoo and Ebay (As most of you know it is a matter of hit and miss with both these companies...this is another example of really reading carefully to find out what you are getting before you make your final bid)

Luminous Film Wurks ( I will not promote this company in any way shape or form...sure they got a great web page with plenty of cool looking covers for stuff...but it is a prime example of don't judge a book by its cover thye have ripped me off a few times and have sent me just absolute crap as far as my orders go...in my opinion this would be your LAST resort to go to)

Another thing I do is go to http://dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdhtml2They compare prices from a bunch of release companies and will find you the lowest price including the shipping and handling charges. That is pretty much it in a nutshell...sorry about not giving a more shortened answer to all this but I feel a synopsis has been long over do for everyone especially some of the newer members that might be interested in buying some stuff themselves and releasing.I'll provide the websites for the companies I listed and who knows? Maybe we can get some more rippers here

Any of you have more to add then right them down with your experience with the comapny beeing good or bad.I realise Europe has their own deal going on over there so some sites from overseas would be more than welcome too.Thus endeth my mini novel

PS....Thank you to Spud for giving me the code I needed to bullet these things in the list...makes it look far more professional(Albiet minus the Typos )

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spud suggested that I add some compare and review sites as well in which I totally agree with so here is some that I myself am familiar with.

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Last edited by DxaKrator on Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:10 pm, edited 10 times in total.

I would add http://www.dvdcompare.net for a more general dvd quality (ie. transfer details, audio tracks, extras ,etc.). NOTE: "No cuts" here is regarded as closeness to the Theatrical version, not necessarily censorship. If the theatrical version is censored, and the DVD matches this, it will say "no cuts"

Ok yeah I was thinking on that as well since I myself use that quite often...there is another site too that does that although not as good as dvdcompare...but will stick it up right now...Thanks for the sticky spud..It is no small wonder why you are our fearless leader

My own website (I'm not spamming here - I make no money from this website - just trying to help out) - it's basically just links I've found over the years to dvdshops (and dvd related stuff) from many different countries (which are in English). I haven't updated for about 6 months, but there's hopefully something of use there.
Click on the flags for each country, or the region codes for a more detailed list of countries in each region (with more countries not represented by flags). It's a slow constant 'work in progress' website.

I know That was the downside to that site....although I am not sure if you are able to get some of those movies anywhere else...but yeah...everything is pretty pricey there.Would only use that site if I was totally desperate or REALLY wanted one of their movies....I haven't paid over 20 for a movie in years.

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